By default, regular (non-admin) users cannot manage Windows services. This means that users cannot stop, start, restart, or change the settings and permissions of Windows services. In some cases, it…
Ransomware has become a massive problem for individual users or entire organizations in recent years. Cryptolocker is a type of ransomware that encrypts valuable files (documents, photos, images) on users’…
When you perform a clean installation of Windows 11 or the latest builds of Windows 10, the Setup wizard prompts you to sign in with your online Microsoft account. If…
BitLocker Drive Encryption technology helps protect data on your local and external drives by encrypting the contents of logical volumes. In this article, we’ll have a look at two ways…
This article describes how KMS technology works and how you can use it to activate Microsoft volume licensing products. The Microsoft Volume Licensing program allows enterprise customers to deploy an…
Single Sign-On (SSO) allows an authenticated (signed-on) user to access other domain services without having to re-authenticate (re-entering a password) and without using saved credentials (including RDP). SSO can be…
You can use the built-in PowerShell module, Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts, to manage local users and groups in Windows. This module allows you to create or delete local users and security groups, and…
When investigating various incidents, an administrator needs to know who logged on to a particular Windows computer and when. You can get a history of user logons in a domain…
Microsoft recently released a new WebView2-based version of MS Teams for Windows. The switch from the Electron engine to WebView2 runtime has significantly improved the performance of Teams (almost doubled)…
The Windows Event Log is an important tool for administrators to track errors, warnings, and other information reports that are logged by the operating system, its components, or programs. You…